Blimey, My Kid's the Heir to the Billionaire Boss!
Chapter 194 Green Eyes

It took Sadie Roth half an hour to reach the villa's main gate. Outside was a greenway lined with rows of straight trees with streetlights hanging from the branches, illuminating her path of departure.

She puffed out her chest and continued on.

The night breeze was soothing, and the chirping of frogs and insects from the woods mingled with the moonlight filtering through the branches, casting a speckled pattern on the path like a painting. The beautiful scenery calmed her spirit and strengthened her resolve to break free from Micah Clemens...

She refused to be controlled or become a slave to any devil.

"Ow-"

Suddenly, a wild animal's howl emanated from the woods.

Sadie froze, standing still...

Had she heard wrong?

Was that the sound of a wild beast?

It must have been a mistake...

She clutched her wildly thumping heart and pressed on. "Ow-"

The howl sounded again, louder and closer this time.

Sadie's eyes widened in shock, her heart pounding fiercely...

Wild animals out here? Seriously?

Sadie Roth tensed, her eyes scanning the silent woods around her, but she saw no sign of movement. Regardless, fear clutched at her.

Trips to the mountains were always by car, yet she was was clear about one thing: from the mansion to the nearest road was at least a dozen or more miles away.

Foot-bound, she'd need a minimum of four hours to cover the distance...

Four hours - a window of time when who-knows-what might leap out from the brush, leaving her nothing more than a picked-over skeleton.

A shiver ran down Sadie's spine..

Turning to assess the villa she'd left behind, roughly a mile in the distance, it dawned on her that there was still a chance to retreat...

Her feet had already made the decision to turn back...

But after two short steps, the image of Micah Clemens' chilling gaze and domineering persona halted her.

If she surrendered now, the debt contract would be sealed. Indebted for $98 million, with no imaginable end in sight, she'd be his to command - a slave until every last cent was repaid. Merely thinking "slave" made her skin crawl.

No, she refused to go back!

Gritting her teeth, Sadie Roth pushed on, pulling out her cellphone to call for a ride. Safety, she reasoned, was just a car door away.

But when her phone came out, dismay washed over her. It had taken a swim poolside earlier, leaving the touchscreen unresponsive, the screen flashing frenetically.

She strode forward, vigorously shaking her phone in a desperate attempt to expel trapped water, hoping against hope it would spring back to life.

Too naïve, she realized. Her budget-conscious choice - a phone for a mere $88, with a complimentary fan - and she expected it to survive water damage? Wishful thinking!

With no tears left to cry and nowhere to turn for help, Sadie could only pray for divine intervention to escape this nightmare.

Aside from that one dubious escapade four years ago, she had been a model of good behavior. Surely, that warranted some cosmic payoff... right?

Muttering prayers under her breath, she accelerated her pace. However, after several hundred meters, no beasts had sprung forth. Perhaps it had been mere paranoia, she guessed, slowing her step slightly, allowing a thread of relief. But then, just ahead, in the dense foliage, she spotted a pair of green eyes fixed on her...

Paralyzed with shock, her eyes widened, staring intently at the luminous gaze in the twilight as her mind repeated:

It's all in your head, a hallucination, it has to be!

She blinked hard, hoping to clear the illusion. Yet when her eyes reopened, instead of disappearing, those green eyes seemed closer...

Under the moonlight, a fluffy creature approached with a chilling gait, closing in on her...